Vocabulary: Nationalism – Strong patriotic feelings for one’s own county. Alliance – Agreement between 2 or more parties to help each other Neutral Country – One that does not take …
Tag: history
Daylight Savings Time Explained and Time Zones
This was a neat little video explaining Daylight Savings, how & why it started, and the debate about it’s continued usefulness. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4] Also, a nifty Animaniacs video about Time Zones …
The Angel of the Battlefield
Some nice videos: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msIUnLrbAGc] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkQMtR3BtyU] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TbZvRkJwFQ] You can find a lot of information about Clara Barton online. Some good places to try are: The American Red Cross The Clara Barton …
Latitude & Longitude
Read pages 6-8, or watch the videos below. Sometimes it’s hard to remember which is longitude & which is latitude. A good way to remember is that longitude is long …